perverse
perverse 英 [pəˈvɜ:s] 美 [pərˈvɜrs]
adj. 执拗的；任性的
比较级:perverser 最高级:perversest
- Something that's perverse is deviant — it's not completely acceptable, and it may be even a little strange. Your perverse sense of humor probably makes some of your friends laugh while others just look uncomfortable.
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- adj. 执拗的；任性的
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1. a perverse decision
悖谬的决定
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2. She finds a perverse pleasure in upsetting her parents.
她让父母担惊受怕，从中取得任性的快乐。
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3. She seemed perversely proud of her criminal record.
她似乎不通人事，拿自己的前科当荣耀。
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4. He refused to attend out of sheer perversity.
他拒不出席，纯属任性固执。
- perverse (adj.) mid-14c., "wicked," from Old French pervers "unnatural, degenerate; perverse, contrary" (12c.) and directly from Latin perversus "turned away, contrary, askew," figuratively, "turned away from what is right, wrong, malicious, spiteful," past participle of pervertere "to corrupt" (see pervert (v.)). The Latin word is glossed in Old English by forcerred, from past participle of forcyrran "to avoid," from cierran "to turn, return." Meaning "wrong, not in accord with what is accepted" is from 1560s; sense of "obstinate, stubborn" is from 1570s. It keeps the non-sexual senses of pervert (v.) and allows the psychological ones to go with perverted. Related: Perversely; perverseness.
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